Posts Tagged: retrospective
Boring retrospectives – part 8 : fishbowl
During the Mini XP Days conference, Rini Van Solingen interviewed me on the fishbowl exercise. This is a great exercise to use in retrospectives when your team is divided and needs to understand the different opinions without lapsing into hour-long
Boring retrospectives – part 8 : fishbowl
During the Mini XP Days conference, Rini Van Solingen interviewed me on the fishbowl exercise. This is a great exercise to use in retrospectives when your team is divided and needs to understand the different opinions without lapsing into hour-long
Boring retrospectives – part 7 : Role swapping
People picture themselves doing your job, and I bet you do the same. If I were a tester on this project, I would do things differently. In many cases, you even have ideas to do the job better. Whether or
Boring retrospectives – part 7 : Role swapping
People picture themselves doing your job, and I bet you do the same. If I were a tester on this project, I would do things differently. In many cases, you even have ideas to do the job better. Whether or
Boring retrospectives – part 6 : Storming Group Facilitation
(Tuckman’s Group Development Model) Every new team goes through a storming phase. These are times when nerves are tight and you can feel the tension in the air. As a retrospective facilitator, it is important to recognize this and plan
Boring retrospectives – part 6 : Storming Group Facilitation
(Tuckman’s Group Development Model) Every new team goes through a storming phase. These are times when nerves are tight and you can feel the tension in the air. As a retrospective facilitator, it is important to recognize this and plan
Boring retrospectives – part 5 : Reverse Timeline
My next exercise in the series ‘Boring Retrospectives’ is the reverse timeline. It is a modification to the classic ‘Gathering Data’ exercise called ‘Timeline‘. This is an activity used to reconstruct what happened during the previous iteration. I also use
Boring retrospectives – part 5 : Reverse Timeline
My next exercise in the series ‘Boring Retrospectives’ is the reverse timeline. It is a modification to the classic ‘Gathering Data’ exercise called ‘Timeline‘. This is an activity used to reconstruct what happened during the previous iteration. I also use
Your management doesn’t care about speed!
That’s right, I’ve said it. Your management doesn’t care about development speed. Wait a minute! Didn’t they try to push our limits all these years? Trying to get us to do more work in less time? True, but let’s take
Your management doesn’t care about speed!
That’s right, I’ve said it. Your management doesn’t care about development speed. Wait a minute! Didn’t they try to push our limits all these years? Trying to get us to do more work in less time? True, but let’s take
A retrospective check-in exercise
I often use a check-in exercise at the beginning of a retrospective. In my opinion, it’s not a good idea to jump immediately into the search for improvements. No, we all need to warm up, clear our mind and prepare
A retrospective check-in exercise
I often use a check-in exercise at the beginning of a retrospective. In my opinion, it’s not a good idea to jump immediately into the search for improvements. No, we all need to warm up, clear our mind and prepare
Agile Retrospectives Anti-Patterns
During our XP2011 tutorial, Pat and me facilitated a fishbowl, followed by a brainwriting exercise. Because we needed a subject we could all relate to, we decided to discuss retrospective anti-patterns during the fishbowl. I recorded each anti-pattern that was
Agile Retrospectives Anti-Patterns
During our XP2011 tutorial, Pat and me facilitated a fishbowl, followed by a brainwriting exercise. Because we needed a subject we could all relate to, we decided to discuss retrospective anti-patterns during the fishbowl. I recorded each anti-pattern that was
An iteration gone astray
Imagine this situation. You’re in the middle of an iteration and your burn down chart shows that at the current pace, your team is not going to finish all that was planned. In most organizations, this means talking to senior
An iteration gone astray
Imagine this situation. You’re in the middle of an iteration and your burn down chart shows that at the current pace, your team is not going to finish all that was planned. In most organizations, this means talking to senior
Agile? That’s just for hippies and beatniks!
People who discover agile, sometimes get this kind of 1st impression: Agile, that’s just for hippies and beatniks! We’re running a serious business here! Sure, these agile guys are doing lots of strange things, but does that mean they
Agile? That’s just for hippies and beatniks!
People who discover agile, sometimes get this kind of 1st impression: Agile, that’s just for hippies and beatniks! We’re running a serious business here! Sure, these agile guys are doing lots of strange things, but does that mean they
Kanban in Government (first retrospective)
Today we did our first retrospective since we changed to Kanban. These previous weeks have been quite interesting and it was time to improve our flow. Take a look at the visual workflow we started out with: What did we
Kanban in Government (first retrospective)
Today we did our first retrospective since we changed to Kanban. These previous weeks have been quite interesting and it was time to improve our flow. Take a look at the visual workflow we started out with: What did we
